Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Citrus fruits may lower your stroke risk

Squeeze some of the citrus fruits into your diet may lower your stroke risk. Some study has discovered that those who daily diet included high levels of flavanones had lower risk of ischemic stroke than those who ate little of this.

What is flavanones? This is basically include fruits like oranges and grapefruits. Besides of being reduce and lower the stroke risk, it has the function to strengthen blood vessels and decrease inflammation.
Orange
When should we take this? If you are not having gastric problem, you may take any 1 or 2 hours before lunch. If you have gastric problem, take only when you are with some food in your stomach. You are advised to take 2 oranges or 1 grapefruit a day.

Grapefruit